A truly painful review, OW2 could have had it all, but Blizzard’s greed and apathy for their game have made sure that isn’t the case.

It’s been said for a while that OW fans are just chasing the feeling from years ago and it rings so true, there are no new fans to this game and these people have no reason to have interest.

OW2 seemingly has no direction other than a slow death, I’d love to be wrong but the recent rework did nothing for me to fix the game and it’s a far, far cry from the legendary status it once held.

A shame.

Incredibly tough to review, because on one hand it's an absolute disasterclass of a sequel. It makes the first literally unplayable, it makes changes no one asked for or wanted, it didn't change or add things people wanted, and it didn't have many elements that were straight up promised to be included. Really it's nearly a complete showcase of how not to do a sequel, on the other hand, it's still mostly the experience as Overwatch 1 that everyone fell in love with. If you didn't play 1 or weren't aware of the controversy you probably wouldn't think much was wrong with Overwatch 2. It's still an incredibly fun (while more than occasionally frustrating) multiplayer experience. Deeper issues with competitive and more intricate balancing most people won't think about notwithstanding its roster of heroes is varied, most being tons of fun and interesting to play, with plenty of different synergies to mess around with for different team comps.

Especially in today's gaming landscape where there's not really the flood of successful multiplayer shooters on consoles there once was. It's still one of the better choices out there for competitive multiplayer. Even with its issues it's still better than modern COD, Battlefield, Halo. It's better than pretty much the entirety of the wave of battle royales (you could argue peak Fortnite, Apex, or Warzone over it I guess). Overall yes, it's support and more in depth meta is a mess but I still ultimately think it's towards the top of the options for a competitive multiplayer shooter right now, now whether that's more of a comment on the state of the genre or of Overwatch 2 as a game itself is certainly debatable.

this game has its claws in me. its like a leech sucking my life away. i hate it i hate it so much yet i cant stop playing. its like looking at a car wreck. every time i play i get angry but fuck i just love getting angry so much. this game actually manages to make me angry even when im not playing it. i love whenever blizzard makes their game worse for no reason every few months. i just love it so much. the only thing that keeps me playing is the dopamine rushes i can only get from overwatch. i feel like an addict logging on trying to get my fix of a fun time but im almost always let down.

anyways blizzard please add a genji oiled up naked skin